Women's physical and mental health sequellae of wartime service

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-68

  Bond, Eleanor Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARMY; ASSAULT; CANCER MORTALITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2442708127     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2003.11.004     Document Type: Review

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